Privacy Online

Privacy Online.

            Privacy Online has became a big problem across technology. A lot of companies want your information for various reasons, and that’s kind of creepy. A few of these companies are Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and a Big One, Talking Angelina.

            Talking Angelina is an app that is on the Apple Store or Play Store. It is a game for kids. How it starts off is that it is just a talking cat. I mean Seriously a talking cat name Angelina, but you can type to it and it will respond back. But here is the weird part, once a little while in the game it ask your kid what their address is, name, and many other private things. Also You can push a button in the corner that takes your picture. This is a creepy thing and there has been lots of people talking about it. And when the company herd about this they said they had no personal data over any child. So is it safe? No. Has it been solved? Yes.

              Cookies have been another problem with privacy online. “The invisible cookie software agents that track your browsing habits and personal data are likely to multiply in 2013. Advertising networks, marketers, and other data profiteers depend on cookies to learn more about who you are—and what you may be interested in buying. Unless legislation imposes legal restraints on Web-browser tracking, your system is likely to accumulate more cookies than you’d find in a box of Chips Ahoy.

Cookies have been proliferating at a rate that would impress epidemiologists. “Five to ten years ago, if you opened NYT.com in your browser, you’d get a cookie from the New York Times, maybe a couple, and that would basically be it,” says staff technologist Dan Auerbach of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Today you get probably on the order of 50 cookies from all sorts of third parties: ad servers, data brokers, trackers. They can build up this big profile about your browsing history.”

The worst part, says EFF’s Auerbach: “It’s totally invisible to users. They have no idea what’s happening.”

             Facebook has had some issues dealing with Privacy. “The new Facebook Messenger app has many people concerned because the app can access their personal information and record conversations without notifying users. As a result, many people worried about their privacy online have posted their concerns about the app on Facebook. “It makes me feel really angry. I think it’s a complete invasion of my privacy,” Emily Wilkinson said about the app. The app will also be able to access your contact list, and see your phone call log including who you called and how long the call lasted. Downloading the app also gives permission for Facebook to send photos back and forth. Milston said that if you choose not to download it, it does mean you won’t be able to send messages through the Facebook application on your phone. – From http://wtvr.com/2014/08/08/facebook-messenger-app-raises-privacy-concerns/ and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2423713/Facebook-users-committing-virtual-identity-suicide-quitting-site-droves-privacy-addiction-fears.html and http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031908/the-5-biggest-online-privacy-threats-of-2013.html

Self Driving Cars

Self-Driving Cars.

Self-Driving cars are futuristic, but this might come true in a year or two. Many companies are developing these cars, and one of the biggest, Google. Now lots of people are wondering, are self-driving cars going to be safe? Well, this is a yes and a no answer because there are still some obstacles they have to overcome, so I will be talking about these things.

One Obstacle of these cars is when it’s in the road and lets say a big rock is on the road, it can’t sense

that. So they are trying to make it where there is a scanner on it so it won’t crash into anything. But the Brightside is that it can sense cars and knows the lights and stop signs. ? It has a gps of everything. And if the car is at a four-way section, then it will wait for trucks and cars to pass through. Also, if you want, you can always set it to manual in a emergency.

Most people think this will cause more accidents, but really, it will save people because of texting and driving.

Want to know more?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/28/google-self-driving-car-how-does-it-work

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-self-driving-car-problems-2014-8

http://www.google.com/about/careers/lifeatgoogle/self-driving-car-test-steve-mahan.html

Thank You For Reading.

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Phone Technology - By Jaydon Headrick

Wireless Charging - By Jaydon Headrick

Batteries are one of the worst areas of improving in science. Almost never do they make better batteries. I think batteries can be improved in many ways, and here are them. Also I will be talking about wireless charging.

They Should Make Them Smaller! The car batteries are HUGE, and If they make them smaller with more energy, that will Help! Here is the good news for tablets and smartphones, “A new research paper details the efforts of a team at Stanford University who are looking to create a lithium battery that, if successful, could lead to much longer battery life for smartphones and tablets, but it could take several years for that research to yield practical products.” I think this is some big news, cause if this works, then they might use lithium battery’s for everything!

Now Ill talk about wireless charging, I don’t mean the mobile charging, I mean in the energy in the air and charging.

            Meredith Perry has created this wireless charging working with uBeam.

She made a prototype of this wireless charging. So what happens is that the main “panel” converts electricity into sound and gives out sound energy. Then The Panel on the back on your phone it captures the energy and converts it backs into electricity.  She Said it worked, and this might change the future.

“We’re going to sell directly to consumers, and we’ll sell them to restaurant chains and hotels — we are going to saturate the market with uBeam transmitters,” Ms. Perry said. “In addition to your local coffee shop saying it has free Wi-Fi, it will also say it has free uBeam.” – Comment from Ms. Perry.

            Another example of this is Proxi, and the best one yet. What happens is you put a ring in the back of any electronic device or anything the uses electricity. Here are the steps what happen.

1. “Mains voltage is converted into high frequency alternating current (AC).
2. The alternating current (AC) is sent to the transmitter coil by the transmitter circuit.  The alternating current then induces a time varying magnetic field in the transmitter coil.
3. Alternating current flowing within the transmitter coil induces a magnetic field which extends to the receiver coil (when within a specified distance).
4. The magnetic field generates current within the receiver coil of the device.  The process whereby energy is transmitted between the transmitter and receiver coil is also referred to as magnetic or resonant coupling and is achieved by both coils resonating at the same frequency.
5. Current flowing within the receiver coil is converted into direct current (DC) by the receiver circuit, which can then be used to charge the battery.”

So this will be greater than uBeam, because it is more supported. I can’t wait until everyone has this so when you go somewhere your phone and everything else will still be charging. This will be the new future.

Want the Awesome Websites I got Info from? Here they Are –

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/ubeam-technology-will-enable-people-to-charge-devices-through-the-air/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

http://www.androidcentral.com/researchers-think-they-can-triple-your-smartphone-battery-life-it-wont-happen-soon

http://powerbyproxi.com/wireless-charging/